(1) - Bias (v. t.) To incline to one side; to give a particular direction to; to influence; to prejudice; to prepossess.(2) - Bias (adv.) In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.(3) - Bias (a.) Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.(4) - Bias (a.) Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.(5) - Bias (n.) A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias.(6) - Bias (n.) A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.(7) - Bias (n.) A leaning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent; inclination.(8) - Bias (n.) A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line.